All articles by Nina Röhrbein – Page 16
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NewsResponsible supply-chain management reduces investment risk – Eurosif
Investors now 'scrutinising' how companies manage risks related to different tiers of suppliers.
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Features
Alpha hunters
Nina Röhrbein spoke with Gediminas Milieska of SEB’s Lithuanian pension funds, who explains how his firm uses three types of open-ended funds to generate alpha
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Interviews
Being long-term in a short-term world
How do you make long-term investment plans in a short-term environment?
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Features
Keiretsu culture
Japan’s corporate governance culture has been moving, albeit slowly, towards Western models. But Nina Röhrbein finds that the Olympus scandal could lead to some push-back
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Special Report
Sovereign debt in sights of ESG ratings
Nina Röhrbein finds out how the sovereign debt crisis is affecting countries’ ESG rating
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NewsIncreasing women on company boards is not a matter of quotas – 30% Club
Speakers at seminar come out in favour of UK's 'comply-or-explain' approach.
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NewsInstitutional investors call for energy cost-cutting
Carbon Disclosure Project sends letters to CEOs at more than 400 public companies.
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NewsCompanies need to reduce impact on world's forests 'urgently' – FFD
Review cites risks of timber, cattle products, soy, palm oil and biofuels.
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NewsItaly, Spain, US get poor marks in 'sustainability' ranking
Norway, Sweden retain leading positions, with Denmark moving into third place.
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NewsUK employers 'under-prepared' for auto-enrolment – Punter Southall
Only 5% of survey respondents plan to seriously consider NEST, down from 13% last year.
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Special Report
The evolution of corporate reporting
Sustainability reporting has yet to establish its presence but integrated reporting is trying to gain a foothold within the environmental, social and governance (ESG) arena. Nina Röhrbein reports
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ACGA decries effect of private placements on minority shareholders
Annual shareholder approval for third-party allotments ‘critical’.
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Funding at Swiss pension funds rises, but returns still low – Swisscanto
Average funding level increases from 94.4% to 97% over last three months of 2011.
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Stability bonds could lessen euro-zone debt crisis – CFA Institute poll
Survey respondents also call for structural reform, fiscal integration and common governance.
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Efficiently weighted indices can lead to SRI outperformance – EDHEC
Prior underperformance stems from ‘bad portfolio construction’, not SRI allocation.
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NewsMajority of participants in Mercer climate change study to take action
Investors involved in survey have nearly $2trn in assets under management.
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Investors issue guidelines for company action on climate change
Policy document aims to reduce impact of climate change, seize opportunities for growth.
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Euro crisis would accelerate hedge fund secondaries, says Cattegatt
If euro goes from ‘bad to worse’, new crisis could bring ‘major’ illiquidity, distressed assets.
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NewsNew investor group to tackle issues of engagement, stewardship
Working group includes BlackRock, Aviva Investors, Railpen, USS and Tomorrow's Company.
